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W. M. MILNE, JR

VANITY BOX Filed Oct. 27. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet @ch 27, MSH. w, M. MxLNE, JF:

VANITY BOX Filed Oct. 27. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 www5 Patented oa. -27,192.1

Plisrlsdlaflt.l oFFlcl-z WILLIAM M. MILNE, JR., OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK VANITY BOX Application ledjOctober 27, 1928. Serial No. 315,487.

My invention` relates to vanity boxes, and especially to new constructions or arrangements thereof by which a substantial quantity of powder is confined in a magazine compartment, and controllably and gradually delivered in small amounts, as used, to another -or distributing compartment, which is also the pu-compartment.

The two compartments are so arranged in relation to other parts of the case, that when the latter is open for use and held in anaturalv position, powder is practically automatically supplied to the puff, o'r distributing, compartment, in the small quantity needl ed for facial application; but there is no considerable amount of powder at any time in the distributing compartment, and waste by spilling is practically prevented.

The characteristics and advantages of the invention are further suiiciently lexplained in connection with the following detail de` scription of the accompanying drawings which show representative embodiments..

After considering these examples, skilled persons will understand that many varia- .tions may be made without departing from the principles disclosed and I' contemplate the employmentrof any structures that are Y properly within the scope of the appended claims. Fig. 1 is a perspective'view of, a principal part of the invention-structure, vcalled for convenience, a partition, or distributing plate.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of a vanity box embodying the invention in one form, and including the distributing plate of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section at 3 3, ig2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of a'box including a modified distributing plate.f

. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section (at 5-5, Fig. 6) of a box of modied form, namely one which is oval in plan-outline.

Fig. 6 is a plan of the same. Fig. 7 is asection at 7-7, Fig. 6.v The box and its 'principal interior parts may have almost any general shape oroutline, as suiiiciently represented by the rectangular form of Figs. 1Y to 4, and the round- 'ed or oval form of the other figures.

Heferring first to Figs. 1 to 4:

n In the particular form shown, the box proper includes a body or bottom section 1,

a lid 2 hinged thereto at 3, provided with the usual mirror 2a, and any knownr or suit- 55 able snap-fastener 4.

Within the bottom section is frictionally fitted, or positively secured, a generally dished plate 5, designed to provide the desired form or contour of the interior of the 60 box body, and also to detachablyreceive the distributing plate 6, shown separately in Fig.

1. For these purposes plate 5 has a bottomI 7 7 resting on the box-bottom, and an inner wall 8 surrounded by a flat peripheral wall 65 9 which has a down-turned iiange 10 tting within the upper portion of the body wall. 'The distributing plate 6 includes a flat, clrcumferential, upper-wall portion 12 hav- Y. ingit-s margin bent or pressed to provide a peripheral flange 13, and a down-turned,'or substantially vertical, flange 14, designed to have a resilient, frictional lit within wall 8 of plate 5, and thus removably retain the distributing plate therein. Plate 6 hasv at one 75 end a deep, dished portion, constituting the distributing, or puff chamber, defined by sfide walls 15, end-wall 16, bottom 17 and upwardly-sloping wall or partition 18. ,This partition wall may be continued horizontally to the'front of the plate (the end away from the hinge) as at 19, Fig-4, or when the'box is of sufficient length, as shown in Figs. l1 and 2, this forward portion of the plate may be provided with or pressed to form a rouge tray 20, having a hinged cover 21 provided with' a nail notch 22. Y.

The .stated formation of the distributing plate provides in the front portion of the box a chamber' or magazine 25, vlarge 90 enough to hold a substantial amount of powder,- the level of which, except when the chamber is nearly empty, is considerabl above the bottom of the puff chamber. narrow slot 26, of moderate length, is provided in the sloping wall 18 at about its line of juncture with bottom wall 17, through which the powder passes in restricted amount to the bottom of the distributing chamber n for application to the pu P.

When not in use, the puff lies upon the slot and acts practically as a stopper, preventing excess flow of powder from the magazine. When the box is open and held in the natural position for powder application, as shown in Fig. 2, the user is facing the mirror; and in manipulating the pun she draws it forward and upward on the sloping wall 18, whereby the powder is spread and proper- Fig. 4.

proximately oval.

ly distributed into the puff, and at the same time a small amount flows into the distributing chamber through slot'26, to keepjthe chamber sufficiently replenished. Instead of a slot, the powder-passage may consist of a row of small holes, as at 26a,

Fig. 4l shows'that when desired, the distributing plate, 6a, may be hingedly connected to the box body, or to plate 5, as by the hinge 40. The latch device 4l in the forward, vertical wall of the body 1 may also include an in-pressed portion ta, cooperating with an indentation in the underlying wall of plate 5, to more positively retain thelatter in position. y

Figs. 5 to Tshow al modification princi-v pally with respect to the general shape or contour of the box, which is in this case ap- The mechanical structure is practically'the same as Fig. 4, except that the partition `or distributing wall 18a has 'a central depression `or shallow channel 30, and upward-sloping side portions 31.

I claim: i ll. A vanity box comprising a bottom section having a hinged lid, and a plate in the bottom section, formed to provide therein i a powder magazine and a distributing chamber located substantially side by side, the magazine extending vertically substantially above' the bottom of the chamber, the plate having an aperture of small dimensions af- -fording communication between lower parts of the magazine and chamber, the plate also having a wall portion sloping upward lfrom the chamber and over the magazine, the plate also having in an upward, forward part thereof an integrally formed rouge-tray.

2. A vanity box comprising a bottom section having a hinged lid, and a plate in the bottom section, formed to provide therein a powder magazine and a distributing cham- 'ber located substantially side by side, the

magazine extending vertically substantially above the bottom of Athe chamber, the plate having an aperture of small dimensions affording communication between lower parts of the magazine and chamber, the plate also having a wall portion sloping'upward from the chamber and over the magazine, the plate inserted in the bottom section and formed to provide therein a powder magazine and a distributing chamber located substantially side by side, the magazine extending vertically substantially above the bottom of the chamber, and the plate having an aperture of small dimensions affording communication between lower parts of the magazine and chamber, the plate also having a wall portion sloping upward from the chamber and over the magazine, the plate also having in an upward, forward part thereof an integrally formed rouge-tray.

4. A vanity box comprising a bottom section having a hinged lid, and a plate movably inserted in the bottom section and formed to provide a powder magazine and a distributing chamber located substantially side by side, the magazine extending vertically substantially above the bottom of the chamber, the plate having an aperture of small dimensions afording communication between lower parts of the magazine and chamber, the plate also having a wall portion sloping upward from the chamber and over the magazine, the plate also having in an upward, forward part thereof an integrally formed rouge-tray, and a hinged cover therefor.

5. A vanity box comprising an elongated casing, a powder compartment at one end of the casing, a puff compartment at the other partment to the bottom of the pull" compartment.

6. A vanity box comprising an elongated casing, a powder compartment at one end ofl the casing, a puff compartment at the other end of the casing,the powder and puff compartments lying side-by-side in substantially the same plane, an inclinedl partition separating the powder compartment from the puff compartment, the partition extending across the bottom of the box near the middle thereof and extending overa substantial portion of the powder compartment, said partition having an aperture-admitting powder from the powder compartment to the Abottom of the puff compartment.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM M. MILNE, JR.

also having in an upward', forward part thereof an integrally formed rougetray and a hinged cover therefor.

3. A vanity bo'x comprising a bottom section having a hinged lid, and a plate movably` 

